Lots in his post, so check it out. Just a couple comments.

Enthusiasm isn’t the goal of schooling – but we (and the kids) shouldn’t have to fake it.

My favorite years of my K12 schooling was fourth grade and the first half of fifth grade. We lived on base in another country and attended a small DOD school. My classroom had grades 4-7 all together, as I recall. Miss Virginia Watson was our teacher.

Is there a way to change this enthusiasm – can we settle for “interest?” – curve?